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Release 2020-03-15

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The thirty-sixth public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12022722
Total institutes: 97,795
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Missing institutes and centers of Fraunhofer Society
  • NARO research institutes and centers
  • Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) institutes and centers
  • Requests from ROR
Metadata:
  • Added metadata to GRID records without any url and with the types "Government", "Nonprofit" and "Company"
  • Added Geonames IDs to GRID records without any
  • Name corrections and language label updates
  • Update of ROR IDs (ROR release December 2019 Version 2)
QA:
  • Review of multinational companies and updates on relationships and name labels

Release 2019-12-10

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The thirty-fifth public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.11353022
Total institutes: 97,819
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Various international sources
Metadata:
  • Added for GRID records without any URL and with the types "Archive, Faciltiy and Healthcare"
QA:
  • Records where the Geo information has been contradicting (coordinates vs. GeoNames)
  • Review of multinational companies and updates on relationships and name labels

Release 2019-10-06

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The thirty-fourth public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.9963719
Total institutes: 97,900
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Various sources including Germany, Spain, Norway, China, Canada, Slovakia, USA, and the UK
Metadata:
  • ROR IDs have been added as external identifier
  • Updated Geonames data to a recent release
  • Added metadata to GRID records without any url and with type "Education"
  • Review of HESA IDs
  • Update of Wikidata IDs and Wikipedia links
QA:
  • Review of the National Physical Laboratory (UK)
  • Review of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center and Naval Research Laboratory (US)
  • Review of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Review of the European Space Agency
  • Review of some German research institutions
  • Review of "CONICET - the National Scientific and Technical Research Council Argentina"
  • Review of United Nations organisations
  • Review of Academia Sinica (Taiwan)
  • Review of Weill Medical College (US)
  • Review of US Agricultural Research Service Research Centers
  • Review of University of Paris-Saclay children

Release 2019-05-06

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The thirty-third public release of GRID.

This is an interim release as there are important fixes requested (thanks to all the ticket submitters for their patience!). We are trying to integrate ROR IDs to enable crosswalk, but the data has not been released yet. We will get a new release out with ROR IDs when we can.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8137970
Total institutes: 96,793
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Various sources including Denmark, USA, UK, Japan, India, China and Australia
QA:
  • Regional and branch campuses of US universities have been redirected to the main campus
  • Ambiguous university names have been made distinguishable by including the location in the name
  • Review of French "École" records

Release 2019-02-17

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The thirty-second public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7738979
Total institutes: 95,152
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Various sources including United States, Europe, India, Brazil and more
QA:
  • Review of universities with wrong type 'Healthcare'
  • National Physical Laboratory from additional sources
  • Review of French "École" GRID records
  • Consolidation of GRID records belonging to "RISE Research Institutes of Sweden"

Release 2018-11-14

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The thirty-first public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7346852
Total institutes: 91,640
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Various sources including Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Poland and more
Metadata
  • Added coordinates for organisations in Germany.
QA:
  • Corrected GeoNames IDs and coordinates of organisations in London, Beijing and Germany.

Release 2018-08-27

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The thirtieth public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7021847
Total institutes: 89,506
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Various sources including Korea, India and other international datasets.
Metadata
  • Added around 7,000 Wikidata IDs to GRID records.
QA:
  • Review of non-English Wikipedia links.
  • Review of Wellcome Trust institutes and centers (source data mappings, relationships).
  • Review of companies from Russian and Chinese sources.

Release 2018-06-25

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The twenty ninth public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6683654
Total institutes: 88,629
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Various sources including China, Ireland, Korea, Bahamas, United Kingdom, United States and top 1000 R&D companies world wide
Metadata
  • Review of Chinese GeoNames IDs in Hong Kong and Beijing area
QA:
  • Review of the Chinese Academy of Science

Release 2018-05-01

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The twenty eighth public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6216392
Total institutes: 87,868
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Various sources including China, Russia, Korea and India
Metadata
  • Increased coverage of Wikidata
QA:
  • Review of Australian governmental bodies and agencies
  • Review of British research councils UKRI - UK Research and Innovation
  • Corrections to ISNI mappings

Release 2018-02-08

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The twenty seventh public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5873451
Total institutes: 85,582
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Various sources including the US, China, France, Germany, Netherlands, Australia and other countries.
Metadata
  • US dependencies (American Samoa, Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands) are treated as states of the US.
  • Chinese dependency Hong Kong is treated as a state/region of China.
  • Changed country name from "Palestinian Territories" to UN and ISO standard "State of Palestine".
  • Created parent-child relationships for around 200 multinational companies.
QA:
  • Review of all EU bodies and agencies.
  • Review of parent-child relationships of Sea Grant and Space Grant organisations.
  • Adaption of country name changes: Czech Republic is now Czechia.
  • Review of potential duplicates.

Release 2017-11-09

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The twenty sixth public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5590852
Total institutes: 80,248
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Various sources including the US, EU, China and New Zealand
QA:
  • Review of funding programs

Release 2017-09-26

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The twenty fifth public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5446678
Total institutes: 78,622
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Various sources from the United States, European Union and South Africa
QA:
  • Spot checks of insitutes for correctness

Release 2017-08-10

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The twenty fourth public release of GRID.

NOTE: The Geonames region format has been changed, making the ascii_name property optional. View the full format documentation.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5303380
Total institutes: 76,979
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Various sources from France, Australia, United Kingdom, United States
  • Crossref Open Funder Registry
QA:
  • Update of Geonames IDs
  • Marconi Company Group Review
  • Structure of Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • Review of Wikidata feedback

Release 2017-07-12

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The twenty third public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5203408
Total institutes: 76,030
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Grant and other sources from the United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland
QA:
  • Increased coverage of CrossRef Open Funder Registry ID
  • Metadata and relationship review of US Departments and Federal Agencies
  • Metadata and relationship review of WHO
  • Metadata and relationship review of HE organisations in Russia
  • Resolved duplicate institutes

Release 2017-05-22

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The twenty second public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5032286
Total institutes: 74,523
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Grant data from the USA and Canada
  • Worldwide data from other sources
QA:
  • Addition of missing geographical information (lat/long)
  • Resolved duplicate institutes
  • Data and relationship review of US DOD and sub-agencies

Release 2017-04-04

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The twenty first public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4818130
Total institutes: 74,336
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Data from the US, Europe, Asia and Oceania
QA:
  • Removed duplicates
  • Improved the structure of the Hungarian Academy of Science

Release 2017-03-08

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The twentieth public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4737286
Total institutes: 73,633
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Grant data from the US
  • Grant data from Denmark
QA:
  • Removed duplicates
  • Increased coverage of CrossRef Open Funder Registry IDs

Release 2017-01-31

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The nineteenth public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4602241
Total institutes: 71,727
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Grant data from the US
QA:
  • Removed duplicates
  • Increased coverage of CrossRef Open Funder Registry IDs
  • Increased coverage of Wikidata IDs

Release 2017-01-10

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The eighteenth public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4539889
Total institutes: 70,013
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Grant data from the US
  • Grant data from the EU
  • Grant data from the UK
  • Grant data from Japan
QA:
  • Removed duplicates
  • Improved WikiData coverage

Release 2016-12-06

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The seventeenth public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4290998
Total institutes: 67,021
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Grant data from the US
  • Grant data from the UK
  • Grant data from Russia
  • Grant data from Netherlands
  • Grant data from France
QA:
  • Removed duplicates
  • Updated organisational structure for RIKEN
  • Updated organisational structure for Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Updated organisational structure for Chinese Academy of Sciences

Release 2016-11-02

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The sixteenth public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4202181
Total institutes: 66,107
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Grant data from the US
  • Grant data from Sweden
  • Grant data from Russia
  • Grant data from the UK
  • Extra funders added
QA:
  • Removed duplicates and fixed data errors

Release 2016-09-30

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The fifteenth public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.3980115
Total institutes: 65,201
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Grant data from Austria
  • Grant data from Brazil
  • Grant data from Mexico
QA:
  • Removed duplicates and fixed data errors

Release 2016-09-06

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The fourteenth public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.3807186
Total institutes: 64,846
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Grant data from United States
  • Grant data from Ireland
Metadata:
  • Increased coverage of Wikidata IDs
QA:
  • Fixed naming issues for National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) institutes
  • Added missing entries for Wikimedia Chapter Offices

Release 2016-07-28

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The thirteenth public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.3506363
Total institutes: 63,215
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Grant data from United States
  • Grant data from Norway
  • Grant data from the UK
Metadata:
  • Increased URL coverage by 10%
  • Increased GPS coordinate coverage by 10%
  • Removed acronyms from GRID record names in records with multiple parent child relationships

Release 2016-06-30

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The twelfth public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.3468893
Total institutes: 63,179
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Grant data from United States
  • Grant data from China
Metadata:
  • Additional CrossRef Open Funder Registry IDs
QA:
  • Review and update of INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) institutes and structure
  • Review and update of German institutes (LG, MPG, FHG, HZ) and structure
  • Review of OrgRef mapping to GRID
  • Review of Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) relationships
  • Resolved some duplicate institutes and incorrectly assigned metadata

Release 2016-05-31

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The eleventh public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.3409414
Total institutes: 62,069
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Grant data from Switzerland
  • Grant data from China
  • Grant data from the United States
  • Academic organisations from OrgRef
Metadata:
  • Additional CrossRef Open Funder Registry IDs
QA:
  • Resolved some duplicate institutes

Release 2016-04-28

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The tenth public release of GRID.

Note: This release changes the External ID format in the JSON dump and it is not backwards compatible so you will need to update any processes that access this data. See the new format description here or an example here

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.3205624
Total institutes: 59,822
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • ETER (European Tertiary Education Register)
  • RAS (Russian Academy of Science)
  • ORCID
Metadata:
  • Added more types to institutes
  • Added over 2000 new CrossRef Open Funder Registry IDs
QA:
  • Reviewed GRID records where distance between lat/lon and geonames city is > 100km
  • Resolved some duplicate institutes

Release 2016-04-01

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The ninth public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.3146014.v1
Total institutes: 58,125
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Grant data from China
  • Grant data from France
  • Institutes from India
Metadata:
  • Added Chinese language labels
  • Increased type coverage
  • Renamed the relationship "Affilate" to "Related"
QA:
  • Fixed a number duplicate institutes

Release 2016-02-29

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The eighth public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.3080443
Total institutes: 56,587
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Grant data from Germany
  • Grant data from Africa
  • Institutes from Orgref
Metadata:
  • Added Orgref and Wikidata links for ~14,000 institutes
  • Imported local name variants from Wikidata
  • Updated to the latest Geonames database
QA:
  • Fixed a number of relationships from / to redirected institutes
  • Fixed a number of Geo lat / long that were a long way from the address city
  • Updated relationships and institutes in Helmholtz Association
  • Updated Norwegian institutes based on recent University mergers

Release 2016-01-25

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The seventh public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.2067321
Total institutes: 54,310
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Grant data United States
  • Grant data Germany
QA:
  • Fixed broken address for entry grid.461591.e

Release 2016-01-21

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The sixth public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.2066481
Total institutes: 54,292
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Grant data from Norway
  • Grant data from Canada
  • Grant data from Poland
  • Grant data from Finland
QA:
  • Fixed a number of incorrectly modelled US Univerities (mainly systems)
  • Fixed a number of duplicates

Release 2015-12-14

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The fifth public release of GRID.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.2010108
Total institutes: 51,256
Release notes:
  • Added directorates, programs and institutes from the National Science Foundation
  • QA tasks to review and fix allocation of Fundref IDs

Release 2015-12-01

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The fourth public release of GRID. In this release we have moved to a single ZIP archive containing both the JSON and CSV formats. We now provide the full database as a collection of CSV files.

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1615029
Total institutes: 50,105
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Grant data from Slovenia
  • Grant data from Brazil
  • Grant data from United States
Metadata: QA:
  • Fixed incorrectly labelled external IDs.
  • Fixed whitespace around acronyms and aliases.

Release 2015-11-05

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The third public release of GRID.

DOIs:
  • JSON - 10.6084/m9.figshare.1595872
  • CSV - 10.6084/m9.figshare.1595871
Total institutes: 49,722
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Grant data from United States
  • Grant data from Brazil
Metadata: QA:
  • Redirected some duplicate entries

Release 2015-10-09

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The second public release of GRID.

DOIs:
  • JSON - 10.6084/m9.figshare.1570968
  • CSV - 10.6084/m9.figshare.1570967
Total institutes: 48,598
Release notes: Institutes added from the following sources:
  • Grant data from Estonia
  • Grant data from Slovakia
  • Grant data from United States
  • Index of American Universities
  • the top 5000 most frequently occuring names in the CrossRef database
Metadata:
  • Coverage of institutes with types increased from 33% to 76%
  • Parent / Child and Affiliated relationships now included in database dump
  • Added all NIHR members
  • All institutes with a Fundref ID have complete metadata

Release 2015-09-22

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The first public release of GRID.

DOIs:
  • JSON - 10.6084/m9.figshare.1553267
  • CSV - 10.6084/m9.figshare.1553266
Total institutes: 47,648
Release notes:
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